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Music composition resources for Microsoft Word and for Gifted and Talented under $5
Math Project-Create Own Dream Home-Blueprints and Floor Plan (perimeter & area)
Create blueprints and/or floor plans for your own dream home!!
Your little architects will love dreaming big with this project. Using their imaginations and graph paper, they will create their own blueprints.They will be learning area, measurement and perfecting those problem solving and critical thinking skills. The bonus is they won't even know it because they will be having fun.
This project is very "real life" oriented.
For the younger grades this would be better for the GT students. Or
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Moonshot by Brian Floca Apollo 11 PRIMARY GATE Lessons -- Rocket Model
Astronauts, space ships, and the moon . . . what kid doesn’t like that kind of stuff, huh? We should build a space ship!
Here’s another collection of lessons and activities for your primary gifted and talented groups. It’s full of hands-on activities across the curriculum, critical thinking questions, participatory reading, and age-appropriate primary source lessons. As always, you’ll get ready-to-print activity sheets, explanations, pictures to lead you through, and Common Core State Standa
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1st - 3rd
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Terrible Things - An Allegory of the Holocaust
Questions for Eve Bunting's "Terrible Things - An Allegory of the Holocaust". The last questions ask students to compare theme with the poem "First They Came for the Jews", and to rewrite poem using modern situations.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Teach Tone, Mood, and Paraphrasing Using The Raven by Edgar A. Poe HALLOWEEN!
Teach an engaging, high interest lesson on tone, mood and paraphrasing using "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe! This flexible lesson plan can be used with cooperative groups and includes links to audio and video to use with "The Raven," as well as the text and a list of definitions for difficult words, a jigsaw paraphrasing activity, a word splash activity where students choose words from "The Raven" that contribute to the tone and mood, and finally, a Venn Diagram where students choose from a lis
Grades:
7th - 12th
First Day 3D Metaphor Nameplate and MORE!
On the very first day, your students will have created a personal metaphor, completed a cool 3D visual art nameplate which can be used as an effective classroom management strategy throughout the year, completed a public speaking opportunity straight from the Common Core Standards, and will have proven themselves to be a supportive listener in the classroom. Yep, all in this one interactive critical thinking activity . . .
In this introductory lesson, students use a graphic organizer to brains
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL CURRICULUM 1st-8th GATE
Service Learning Project - Research and Planning Organizers
"Be the change you want to see in the world" - GhandiThis is a powerful quote. Inspiring someone to not just sit and dream, but to take action. However, for many people (adults and students alike) it is not that simple. While the dream may be there, the plan is difficult to organize.I began doing one service learning project a year because my students were so dedicated to their passions. From animals to women's safety to literacy, each student was able to focus on something that was importan
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6th - 8th
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Quick STEM: Domino Challenges
Quick STEM for Kids: Domino Challenges is a collection of 19 activities that the kids complete with dominoes. It was developed to get kids thinking creatively, problem solving, creating, and having fun! It can be used as a whole group activity, stations, individually, during class or during indoor recess. The challenges start out easy and get harder as you make your way through them. This can be printed out and stapled into a booklet or laminated as center cards. The only thing you need to
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1st - 8th
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Who is Temple Grandin
A worksheet of 16 questions from 2 web sites about the most famous autistic adult today. It presents valuable information about autism and also presents information on her work with agriculture. Extra credit is offered at the end of the worksheet for viewing the HBO movie of her life staring Clare Dane and writing a reaction paper.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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T-Shirt Entrepreneurs PROJECT BASED LEARNING Math Economics GATE 4-8th
Your students will be excited for this “gold medal standard” project-based math, design, and economics activity. It’s appropriate and adaptable for 4th – 8th grade. It has been a staple for my 4th grade gifted and talented math group since 2013.You won’t be the sage on the stage. Students will problem-solve their way through the project working in collaborative teams, and the teacher will guide, be a resource, spur discussion, play devil’s advocate, and provide mini lessons when necessary.In
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class BUNDLE - Math Focus Hours of Hands-on Projects GATE Gifted
Little Island Primary Gifted and Talented Social-Emotional Values and Identity
We use this Caldecott Award Winning book to address social-emotional standards for primary gifted students. Not just a social-emotional unit, we answer critical thinking questions, explore literary theme and other ideas, and create a fun island adventure using a grid.
Great stuff for our youngest gifted learners: It’s hands-on, requires critical thinking, and good fun.
NAGC Learning and Development Standards
1.1 Self-Understanding. Students with gifts and talents demonstrate self-knowledge
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K - 3rd
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Julius Caesar - Brutus' and Antony's Speeches
Students compare and contrast the funeral speeches from Julius Caesar looking specifically for persuasive techniques and stylistic devices. This assignment is made for AP students, but can be modified for other high school levels.
Other related Julius Caesar products:
• JULIUS CAESAR - Targeting Themes
• Julius Caesar - Shakespeare - Group Critical Response Questions
• PLOT TWIST! Julius Caesar
• Julius Caesar - Character Interview writing assignment
• JULIUS CAESAR - Agree or Disagree
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Friday Math - PAPER FOOTBALL - 3rd GATE through 6th Grade, 3 Levels of Challenge
In this lesson, we take goofing off to a new level. Imagine playing paper football as an assignment . . . this might take all the fun out of it forever!
This lesson is perfect for a Friday, for after a big test, for a test review, or as a center. It only takes about an hour and keeps kids engaged and thinking.
You will find three levels of challenge to meet the needs of a diverse group of learners make this set of lessons highly adaptable, and alignment to the Common Core Math Standards thre
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle
News report and Newscast Project
In this project, students select local news, world news, sports or weather as their focus. They they self direct their research with teacher support and graphic organizers to help guide them. They then write a news story and participate in a newscast. I had the students use iMovie to create their finished newscast, but it is not required. Students can perform their newscast in front of the class. My students loved this activity and I loved that it hit individual interests, but also had the
Grades:
4th - 8th
Primary GATE with Caldecott -- "Two Bad Ants" by Chris Van Allsburg
If you're like me, you can't easily find activities designed for primary grade gifted learners. This one hour activity, however, is specifically designed for Chris Van Allsburg’s "Two Bad Ants" and primary gifted and talented students—nurturing talent for both verbal and nonverbal high ability students.
In this activity, students use critical thinking and creative perspective-taking to create a “mystery drawing” similar to the close-ups in "Two Bad Ants."
In an interactive follow-up, classma
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K - 2nd
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The Hound of the Baskervilles Reading Questions (w/Answers)
This reading guide focuses less on basic plot (although plot questions are in there!) and more on aiding the readers in solving the mystery on their own or along with Sherlock. Questions ask students to explain, predict, evaluate, and examine evidence as they read the book. Other elements particularly reviewed are characterization, tone, and the Gothic conventions of the work.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
The Crane Design and Building Challenge -- STEM Problem Solving
A best practice lesson for the teaching of physical science or GATE talent pools:
In this lesson, students use the engineering process to build a working crane model that is strong enough to lift a stapler.
There are no set patterns, pre-cut materials, or teacher-led building instructions here! Students engage in the engineering process to design and build their own working models of cranes. The teacher sets guidelines and limitations, provides feedback and monitors progress, instructs the
Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in: Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
Composer Research Poster Project & Presentation
This is designed to help students work together to discover and share information about the life, career, and music of a famous composer or musician!
This includes an example/sample layout of what the final project should look like, as well as headings students can cut and glue into their project. There is a group project grading rubric to hold the teammates accountable for their effort and quality of work. Designed for teams of three, but could be flexible. Directions for the project are i
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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Locomotive by Brian Floca - Primary GATE Unit with Caldecott STEAM!
Another amazing Caldecott book and another load of opportunities across the curriculum for our primary GATE kids: hands-on and participatory activities, critical thinking, creativity, art and graphic design, and always best practices in gifted education. I’ve used this unit with 2nd graders, and it will definitely stretch to 3rd grade GATE.
You get 35+ pages of instructions, critical thinking questions and activities, and ready-to-print student activity sheets—assuredly more than you’ll ever
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2nd - 4th
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Business Plan and Entrepreneurship Project for Elementary School
Overview: Students will develop and operate a business. Students will conduct market research, analyze the results, develop a business plan, and implement the business. After each day of operation, students will determine profits and losses based on their expenditures and sales. Students will graph and analyze the results to make decisions for their business.
The business described below was a “movie theater” my students ran during the last weeks of school. Students who earned the privi
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3rd - 5th
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Lego Team-building Activity
One of my favorite first day of school team-building or icebreaker activities! Perfect for any class or subject but especially great for a STEM class.
In this activity students practice their communication skills through a hands-on activity using Legos (other building materials can be substituted).
Scenario:
It’s the year 2030 and the United States has successfully landed their first human mission on Mars. A group of ten astronauts will inhabit the planet for the next ten years. In order to s
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Not Grade Specific
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Toy Car Golf Math STEAM Design - Gifted and Talented GATE 2nd-4th 9 Hours
Engaging math and engineering with ramps and toy cars! Your students will go home and share the news about how absolutely cool school seems now. My mathematically gifted 2nd graders were VERY Challenged by this unit, and I would not hesitate to use it for 3rd grade GATE or in 4th grade as an enrichment for the whole class.Schoolhouse Rock Math: We’re using Zero My Hero and 5’s Multiplication to learn multiplication, repeated addition, and patterns to calculate areas of rectangles—a very advance
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle
WWII Airplane Fighter Gliders - GATE STEM + Reading 3rd-7th Grades
Yes, we get to throw little gliders around the classroom. This is the sneakiest, most evil sort of teacher trick: learning standards and being challenged academically while having fun!
This unit is perfect for a Friday or the day before a vacation. Start it in the morning, and run across the entire curriculum throughout the school day. Or take pieces out of the unit here and there over the course of days and weeks . . . as the components can work as “stand alone” or as a cohesive trip acr
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
BILLBOARDS - Language + STEM + Advertising + GATE
Want to combine language skills, graphic design skills, and engineering skills in a way that will keep your students thinking and engaged?
Here’s a 2 to 3 hour activity which is fun and hands-on, takes critical thinking skills and building skills, and refers to real-world experiences in advertising and economics. It’s perfect for upper elementary GATE and made to order for our 21st Century Learners—combining language, engineering, and graphic design. As always, these activities help meet Comm
Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
Friday Math -- Baseball Card Probability Game
This series of activities will challenge students’ Common Core skills and critical thinking skills in a variety of ways!
How do baseball video game developers design their video games so that Major League players perform with relative accuracy according to their real-life strengths and weaknesses? They begin with statistics and probability.
In this series of activities, students will apply probability (expressed as fractions and dice rolls) in order to design a baseball card which will be use
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle
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